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THE SALAMANDER OCTOBER 2022
The Worshipful Company
of Firefighters
The Wax Chandlers’ Hall, 6 Gresham Street, EC2V 7AD
FOUNDER
Gerry Clarkson CBE, OStJ, QFSM
COURT OF THE COMPANY
Master, Wardens and Court from 1st July 2022
MASTER: Stephen Sanders
UPPER WARDEN: Dr Nicole Hoffmann
RENTER WARDEN: Prof. David Holt
UNDER WARDEN: Andrew Phillips J.P.
UNDER WARDEN-IN-WAITING: Graham Woodhouse IMMEDIATE PAST MASTER: Graham Maltby QFSM
COURT OF ASSISTANTS
Michael Ackers, Richard Bratton, Robert Bryant, Geoffrey Fall, Julie Fox, Maurice Heaster,
Peter Holland CBE, OStJ, QFSM,
Robert Howard, Stephen Neville OBE,
Lt Cdr Andrew Rhodes, Mark Rist, David Rogers, Colin Simpson, Including Voting Past Masters: Francis Blois, Graham Maltby QFSM, Andrew Mayes J.P., John Mansfield
CLERK: Andrew Bignold
BEADLE: John Norris SBStJ
FINANCE MANAGER/ASSISTANT CLERK: Geoffrey Fall IT MANAGER: Colin Simpson
HONORARY ALMONER: Peter Cowland
HONORARY ARCHIVIST: Prof. David Holt HONORARY CHAPLAIN: Rev George Bush STANDARD BEARER: John Kempton MBE
Committee Chairs
FINANCE: Mark Rist
MEMBERSHIP: Robert Bryant
EVENTS & MEDIAS: Robert Howard NOMINATIONS: Jeremy Beech CBE, SBStJ, QFSM
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE TRUST: Chair - Bruce Hoad BEM
CONTENTS
FROM THE EDITOR 3 FROM THE MASTER 4 COMPANY NEWS 5 BRIGADE NEWS 9 MEMBERS EVENTS 10 MEMBERS NEWS 12 REMEMBERING THE QUEEN 16 COMPANY HISTORY 26 MEMORABILIA 28 FROM THE CLERK 30
Cover Image:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with Ken Knight, then Commissioner of LFB, with a representative of the
London Fire Cadets.
Photo: London Fire Brigade
The Salamander
EDITOR: Dr Robert Farquhar - Robert@wcoff.org DESIGN: Colin Simpson - Colin@wcoff.org
WEB: http://www.wcoff.org
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